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Housing new build
Casebook: Housing new build - Flats judged to boost station environs
An inspector has allowed a proposal for 72 apartments at a site in Oxfordshire after finding that it would deliver high-quality housing.
Housing new build
Casebook: Housing new build - School retained as townscape asset
A proposal to redevelop a former private school in a Derbyshire town with a block of 15 dwellings has been rejected after an inspector found that it makes an important contribution to the area.
Community facilities
Casebook: Community facilities - Lamp standards held intrusive to area
An inspector has refused to delete a condition applied to lighting columns along a driveway at a listed care home in a Rutland village on the grounds of visual harm.
Retail development
Casebook: Retail development - Home store site search held insufficient
Prudential Assurance has failed in a bid to vary the terms of a condition restricting the range of goods which can be sold at a Hampshire retail park after an inspector held that sequentially preferable sites were available for a Next store.
Retail development
Casebook: Retail development - Lack of demand allows nursery change
The conversion of a ground-floor unit in south east London to retail or financial and professional services has been permitted after the appellants demonstrated that there was no demand for pre-school nursery places at the premises.
Mixed use development
Casebook: Mixed use development - Scheme halted by impact on bowling clubMixed use development
Casebook: Mixed use development - Hotel scheme approved on design qualityListed buildings
Casebook: Listed buildings - Trough move agreed at historic smithyHouseholder development
Casebook: Householder development - Green belt basement pool held appropriateHouseholder development
Casebook: Householder development - Bridleway route retained for convenienceHouseholder development
Casebook: Householder development - Garden exchange deal agreed in rural areaHousing conversion
Casebook: Housing: Conversion - Change of barn use to residential allowedHousing new build
Casebook: Housing: New build - Designs rejected due to habitat rule errorFood and drink uses
Casebook: Food and drink uses - Route change saves cafe redevelopmentFood and drink uses
Casebook: Food and drink uses - Arches cafe weekend hours extendedCommunity facilities
Casebook: Community facilities - Day nursery in barn ruled unsustainableCommunity facilities
Casebook: Community facilities - Charity box judged appropriate to settingCommunity facilities
Casebook: Community facilities - Pool traffic judged to disturb neighboursAgricultural uses
Casebook: Agricultural development - Single-storey condition ruled reasonableMixed use development
Casebook: In depth - Partial demolition decision paves way for historic landmark reuseRetail development
DC Casebook: Retail development - Design foils green belt garden centreMixed use development
DC Casebook: Mixed use development - Care home and flats backed at factoryHousing conversion
DC Casebook: Housing conversion - Squash court home considered lawful- DC Casebook: Housing Conversion - Pub use retained on amenity grounds
Housing new build
DC Casebook: Housing new build - Log chalet impact equated to caravanCommercial and industrial
DC Casebook: In depth - Slaughterhouse extension ruled out on basis of harm to green beltRetail development
DC Casebook: Retail development - Discount food store trumps flood risk fearRetail development
DC Casebook: Retail development - Country store allowed in employment unitLeisure and entertainment
DC Casebook: Leisure and entertainment - Hardstanding found to encroach on forestLeisure and entertainment
DC Casebook: Leisure and entertainment - Sustainability case helps secure play barn
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